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mademoiselle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mademoiselle  \Ma`de*moi`selle"\,  n.;  pl  {Mesdemoiselles}.  [F., 
  fr  ma  my  f.  of  mon  +  demoiselle  young  lady.  See  {Damsel}.] 
  1.  A  French  title  of  courtesy  given  to  a  girl  or  an  unmarried 
  lady,  equivalent  to  the  English  Miss.  --Goldsmith. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  marine  food  fish  ({Sci[ae]na  chrysura}),  of 
  the  Southern  United  States;  --  called  also  {yellowtail}, 
  and  {silver  perch}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mademoiselle 
  n  :  small  silvery  drumfish  often  mistaken  for  white  perch;  found 
  along  coasts  of  United  States  from  New  York  to  Mexico 
  [syn:  {silver  perch},  {Bairdiella  chrysoura}] 




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